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host: robert gibbs, adviser to president obama on cnn yesterday. here are some facebook comments coming in. brian says cut taxes on all small businesses. peter says, great idea, the rich need to pay their fair share. two opinions voiced on this c-span facebook page. charlotte, north carolina, ron on our independents line. you think about the president's call to extend tax cuts for the middle class? you so much. i think we all have to take care of ourselves. i think that's the primary thing. i think that even though the tax cuts itself have a monumental issue on both sides, i think that we're really off the focus terms of what needs to be done. and i believe that, for example, here in charlotte, we have the stimulus call what it does is it stimulates consumers, government, interact with the stimulus system. the problem is linear commerce is not reverting back through the system. so we would need more of a commerce system to do that so here in charlotte we issued the stimulus card which a person voluntarily who gets $500 in monthly benefits, they wou
host: robert gibbs, adviser to president obama on cnn yesterday. here are some facebook comments coming in. brian says cut taxes on all small businesses. peter says, great idea, the rich need to pay their fair share. two opinions voiced on this c-span facebook page. charlotte, north carolina, ron on our independents line. you think about the president's call to extend tax cuts for the middle class? you so much. i think we all have to take care of ourselves. i think that's the primary thing. i...
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i understand why fox news and cnn got it wrong immediately. i think all of us did sitting in the court as we heard chief justice roberts go on so passionately about why there are not limits. the language is incredible. the commerce clause is not a license to regulate individuals from crade toll grave because you think he will engage in particular transactions. such an expansion of federal power is not a proper means for making those reforms effective. those could have come from my briefs or randy's writings or david's oral arguments below. that is incredible. my heart was racing. i thought we won. but we didn't. i was not quite sure what was going on. ultimately i think it was a political decision. as i wrote in a blog post it just went up. it seemed like he made this tactical decision for something less than wales. you perjury yourself and your legal soul to get something else. the character became the attorney general of wales. i am not sure what chief justice roberts is saving the court for. i think that dye has been cast already. let me mo
i understand why fox news and cnn got it wrong immediately. i think all of us did sitting in the court as we heard chief justice roberts go on so passionately about why there are not limits. the language is incredible. the commerce clause is not a license to regulate individuals from crade toll grave because you think he will engage in particular transactions. such an expansion of federal power is not a proper means for making those reforms effective. those could have come from my briefs or...
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cnn estate of the union airs at 3:00 p.m. eastern. david axelrod. a massachusetts democrat. face the nation from cbs completes the lineup and there's at 4:00 p.m. eastern. republican paul ryan and then stephanie cutter. obama for american deputy campaign manager and kevin madden, senior adviser to the romney campaign. again, five talk shows beginning at noon eastern on meet the press. listen to them all on c-span2 radio. i find a sad -- find us at 90.1. or go online to cspanradio.org. >> this weekend. >> it does from the beginning of the nation right up to the president. that is important for us. we will reflect the larger story of american democracy. today at 7:00 p.m. eastern and specific. also, more from the contenders. our city of political figures that ran and lost the changed political history. he never ran for political office before ramming the nomination. he would never hold office. he would become an unlikely ally to fdr. at 7:30, this weekend on c- span3. "washington journal." host: the nation's governors are meeting in williamsburg va. the national association me
cnn estate of the union airs at 3:00 p.m. eastern. david axelrod. a massachusetts democrat. face the nation from cbs completes the lineup and there's at 4:00 p.m. eastern. republican paul ryan and then stephanie cutter. obama for american deputy campaign manager and kevin madden, senior adviser to the romney campaign. again, five talk shows beginning at noon eastern on meet the press. listen to them all on c-span2 radio. i find a sad -- find us at 90.1. or go online to cspanradio.org. >>...
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on cnn state of the union, candy krollly talks with john hinken looper as well as arizona republican senator john mccain, he's expected to talk about gun control, on face the nation from cbs, bob schiffer talks with governor hicken looper, aurora colorado mayor steve hogan and new york city mayor michael bloomberg. he's expected to discuss the politics of gun control. all five network talk shows reair on c c-span radio, beginning at noon eastern time, with nbc's meet the press, at 1:00, it's abc's this week, 2:00 p.m., fox news sunday, 3:00, cnn state of the union and finally at 4:00 eastern, it's face the nation from cbs. you can listen to them all on c-span radio on 91fm in the washington, d.c. area. on xm, channel 119, listen on your blackberry, download as an app or go online to c-span radio.org. >> it was about those men and women who are almost mortally injured in war who because of the huge advances that have been made in medical trauma treatment over the last ten years, never being saved, an incredible number of them are being saved, almost everybody who falls on the battlefi
on cnn state of the union, candy krollly talks with john hinken looper as well as arizona republican senator john mccain, he's expected to talk about gun control, on face the nation from cbs, bob schiffer talks with governor hicken looper, aurora colorado mayor steve hogan and new york city mayor michael bloomberg. he's expected to discuss the politics of gun control. all five network talk shows reair on c c-span radio, beginning at noon eastern time, with nbc's meet the press, at 1:00, it's...
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all run the country, it was on cnn, msnbc, it was in the newspapers, and people started saying, what in the world is going on in virginia? not only does this get visibility, but one day, thanks to the extraordinary organizing of women, not only women in now, but throughout the women's movement in virginia, the day that the legislators were going to go to the house of delegates and vote, 1500 women lined the sidewalks and formed a conflict that the legislators had to walk past, standing arm in arm, silent, in a silent vigil watching them walk through. that is a mobilization that was practically overnight. this was fuelled by social me the at and by passion, and outrage at these exchange lists who are overreaching like i have never seen it at any time in my life. another mobilization that we did, when lisa brown stood on the floor of the house of representatives in michigan, objecting to yet another anti- reproductive rights bill, and at the end of her remarks, she said, mr. speaker, i am glad everybody is so interested in my vagina, but no means no. lisa brown was censured by the spea
all run the country, it was on cnn, msnbc, it was in the newspapers, and people started saying, what in the world is going on in virginia? not only does this get visibility, but one day, thanks to the extraordinary organizing of women, not only women in now, but throughout the women's movement in virginia, the day that the legislators were going to go to the house of delegates and vote, 1500 women lined the sidewalks and formed a conflict that the legislators had to walk past, standing arm in...
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in my point, and i wrote a piece on the cnn website, if the top 1% lost 40% of their worth, we would have suspended habeas corpus. the supreme court would have been in session. it would be a tragedy we could not mention. the job creators, they lost 40% of their own worth. what will happen at the hamptons? the median family in this country lost 40% of its entire net worth in a two-year. , and nobody yawned. host: rick is on the phone. caller: i would imagine both of you are rich men, and neither of you have said what the income for the middle class should be. in florida, my wife and i make $70,000 a year. $70,000 in new york city would not make you middle class. guest: that is what we talk about. if i live in florida, and i have a condo that night alone, and i have $60,000, $7,000 in retirement income, and i'm going -- $70,000 in retirement income, i'm doing pretty good. if i am doing that in new york, i'm like the lady in cincinnati making $30,000. we address that in the book. guest: we are inclusive. income alone is $125,000 for a family of four, but we say income does not work. a 6
in my point, and i wrote a piece on the cnn website, if the top 1% lost 40% of their worth, we would have suspended habeas corpus. the supreme court would have been in session. it would be a tragedy we could not mention. the job creators, they lost 40% of their own worth. what will happen at the hamptons? the median family in this country lost 40% of its entire net worth in a two-year. , and nobody yawned. host: rick is on the phone. caller: i would imagine both of you are rich men, and neither...
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for 12 years, woodruff anchor to cnn's "inside politics." at pbs for a decade, she was the chief washington correspondent for "mcneal/lehrer newshour," and she anchored "frontline." one of the most influential projects was for documentary on youth and politics, which explored the views of the 42,000,016-to-25-year-old -- 42 million 16-to-25-year-olds. ygg. for everyone else, you go, girl. [laughter] ifill has covered six presidential campaigns and moderated two vice-presidential debate, including the 2004 debate between dick cheney and john edwards. at the 2008 debate between democrat joe biden and republicans are pa and republic -- and sarah palin. she began her career at newspapers, covering politics for "the new york times" and "the washington post." today we are looking forward to hearing some sharp political insights on the upcoming election. please join me in giving them a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you, after a reset. it is an honor to be here at the storied national press club. gwen and i are honored by this invitation. thank
for 12 years, woodruff anchor to cnn's "inside politics." at pbs for a decade, she was the chief washington correspondent for "mcneal/lehrer newshour," and she anchored "frontline." one of the most influential projects was for documentary on youth and politics, which explored the views of the 42,000,016-to-25-year-old -- 42 million 16-to-25-year-olds. ygg. for everyone else, you go, girl. [laughter] ifill has covered six presidential campaigns and moderated two...
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for that, msnbc, cnn have been lighting actress in st. we are going after individual personalities and being mean to muslims. this is nothing about being mean to muslims. a lot of muslims are upset about radical terrorism, too. we believe the administration needs to keep the safety and security of the american people #one. that is why i am in trouble now. every day i am in trouble for something. who cares? >> thank you so much for being here. i will make a couple of comments and then i want to ask a question. i grew up in private schools until a third grade and i went to public school. i feel like the education of our generation is deteriorating under the public-school system. i listen to david barton a couple of weeks ago and he talked about christian fundamental values that were placed in our founding fathers and how our first congress made a bible. i wanted asked, as far as reforming the public schools and moving more toward privatization of schools, do we have anything going at this point? >> thank you for asking that question. phylli
for that, msnbc, cnn have been lighting actress in st. we are going after individual personalities and being mean to muslims. this is nothing about being mean to muslims. a lot of muslims are upset about radical terrorism, too. we believe the administration needs to keep the safety and security of the american people #one. that is why i am in trouble now. every day i am in trouble for something. who cares? >> thank you so much for being here. i will make a couple of comments and then i...
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according to cnn the federal government overpaid $14 billion in unemployment benefits just last year. that means 11% of all jobless benefits paid out were not supposed to be paid to those individuals. those overpayments that should have gone to people in need were sent by government to those who didn't deserve any money. you see, not all payments are to honest people who are looking for jobs and are out of work. inmate grimminger's case is bad, but there's more. a convicted killer, murderer in a california prison was receiving at least $30,000 in unemployment checks. the murderer made sure that his family and his friends cashed his checks while he was locked up. so each month his family fraudulently cashed his $1,600 check which they would then deposit in his jail bank account. guess where it went next, mr. speaker? he shared the jail money with some of his low-life prison gang members while he was in the joint. there's more. the federal government reportedly sent a man $515,000 in payments over 37 years. 37 years, mr. speaker because he was supposedly unemployed. 37 years of unemploy
according to cnn the federal government overpaid $14 billion in unemployment benefits just last year. that means 11% of all jobless benefits paid out were not supposed to be paid to those individuals. those overpayments that should have gone to people in need were sent by government to those who didn't deserve any money. you see, not all payments are to honest people who are looking for jobs and are out of work. inmate grimminger's case is bad, but there's more. a convicted killer, murderer in...
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>> my brother as a photojournalist on the white house detail for cnn. if you have somebody who looks like me with less care, that is my byounger brother. >> dad was upi? >> in its heyday. i remembered as a kid that we only had one car growing up so we would take my dad to work in the morning and the company afternoon. we parked and 14th street and i looked at the national press club that he would be sitting there typing away with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and a bottle of whiskey in the drawer. >> we are about to invade your city. >> i can't wait. >> what do you hope we will remember about tampa? >> for most people coming to tampa, it is an untapped market. some of you in this room have never been to temple before so it is a mid-sized american city hosting an international event and other the olympics will be the most watched television this year. tampa is a place where i hope people walk away with a sense of a city i did not know anything about. it is a city i would like to potentially come and visit again and invest in. it is a really neat p
>> my brother as a photojournalist on the white house detail for cnn. if you have somebody who looks like me with less care, that is my byounger brother. >> dad was upi? >> in its heyday. i remembered as a kid that we only had one car growing up so we would take my dad to work in the morning and the company afternoon. we parked and 14th street and i looked at the national press club that he would be sitting there typing away with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and a...
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that's why the army spokesman on cnn said when they announced they were ending their 10-year, multidollar taxpayer funded relingtsship with nascar, quote, it was not a great investment. the navy pulled out. the marine corps pulled out of nascar years ago. yet the pentagon has paid one racing team, mr. earnhardt's team, $136 million in taxpayer funds for the national guard logo on his car and the name -- in the name of recruitment. this year, they're paying mr. earnhardt again $26.5 million to which the national guard has reported, this is what the guard told me, 20 qualified candidates expressing interest, zero, zero actual recruits. so over the past two year the national guard has spent more than $20 million in taxpayer funds on bass fishing tournaments. we're in a fiscal crisis. bass fishing is not national security. this congress is cutting money to needy families because we're in a fiscal crisis yet the pentagon is spending in excess of $80 million on nascar sponsorships, bass fishing, ultimate cage fighting and other sponsorships. it's a waste of taxpayer money, it doesn't work. over
that's why the army spokesman on cnn said when they announced they were ending their 10-year, multidollar taxpayer funded relingtsship with nascar, quote, it was not a great investment. the navy pulled out. the marine corps pulled out of nascar years ago. yet the pentagon has paid one racing team, mr. earnhardt's team, $136 million in taxpayer funds for the national guard logo on his car and the name -- in the name of recruitment. this year, they're paying mr. earnhardt again $26.5 million to...
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you are talking about fannie mae and freddie mac -- is it not amazing that, i watch on cnn constantly, they caps, the republicans wanted to do something about fannie mae and freddie mac, but he said that would be too hard. barney frank did not want it either. here is the thing that got us into it. the other thing -- how can they do anything about it? mr. dodd -- the vice president has been there since he was 29. they do not have the economy works. these are the guys in charge. nancy policy and harry reid are screaming for ron nepos tax record -- show us yours. she said, that is a different thing. she gets to be the first ipos and all these things -- we need to see their tax records. these are the people making these laws, just let these laws and health care. their staffers and putting what goes in them. when they passed, they did not know what was in dodd-frank. host: talk about some of the criticism that has come down on mr. dodd and mr. frank in the two years since this has gone into effect. >> where can i begin? senator dodd was a longtime member of the banking committee. he was pa
you are talking about fannie mae and freddie mac -- is it not amazing that, i watch on cnn constantly, they caps, the republicans wanted to do something about fannie mae and freddie mac, but he said that would be too hard. barney frank did not want it either. here is the thing that got us into it. the other thing -- how can they do anything about it? mr. dodd -- the vice president has been there since he was 29. they do not have the economy works. these are the guys in charge. nancy policy and...
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percent of their net worth and it almost went like unnoticed, and my point, i wrote a piece on the cnn website, they're supposed to talk 1/10 of 1 percent, lose 40 percent of net worth. suspended habeas corpus. the court would have been in session 24/7, and it would be a human tragedy of a proportion we can't imagine as a nation. my god, the job creators, the wealth creators that lost 40 percent of their net worth. what's going to happen at the hamptons? somebody is going to have to drive their own car. the median family in this country lost 40 percent of its entire net worth in a two-year period and nobody yawned. host: rick is on the phone from wesley chapel, florida, good morning. caller: good morning gentlemen. i got a question for you. i would imagine both of you sitting there are very rich men. and not one of you has said anything about what the income for the middle class should be. in florida, my wife and i, we make $70,000 a year and we're middle class. $70,000 a we're in new york city would not make you middle class. host: that's right. guest: we talk about it in the book. gu
percent of their net worth and it almost went like unnoticed, and my point, i wrote a piece on the cnn website, they're supposed to talk 1/10 of 1 percent, lose 40 percent of net worth. suspended habeas corpus. the court would have been in session 24/7, and it would be a human tragedy of a proportion we can't imagine as a nation. my god, the job creators, the wealth creators that lost 40 percent of their net worth. what's going to happen at the hamptons? somebody is going to have to drive their...
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the health care opinion on its website, accessible to the public, we would not have had reports over cnn and fox news that incorrectly characterized what the holdings were in the case. people in the main offices were not able to read the decision the same way people in the press office were reading it. it is always nice when news organizations want to cover the courts. i've always appreciated when local news organizations go to washington. sometimes, the man reporters go to the sticks to report on the case. they write articles about it in the washington post or the new york times. have been more press coverage, all the better. also, making the decisions readily available to the public service an important role. hopefully, next time, the court will be prepared to of web servers that work. >> all of the listeners know to go to these three gentlemen for their expert opinion. clark? sorry if i am wrong with discriminating against questions. >> i want to go pick up on a theme that david started. if you look at the confirmation hearings for judge roberts, what you see is the dominant theme was
the health care opinion on its website, accessible to the public, we would not have had reports over cnn and fox news that incorrectly characterized what the holdings were in the case. people in the main offices were not able to read the decision the same way people in the press office were reading it. it is always nice when news organizations want to cover the courts. i've always appreciated when local news organizations go to washington. sometimes, the man reporters go to the sticks to report...